Author: Edward Abbey

Quotes

Grown men do not need leaders.

Grown men do not need leaders.

- Edward Abbey

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

- Edward Abbey

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

- Edward Abbey

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

- Edward Abbey

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

- Edward Abbey

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

- Edward Abbey

That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

- Edward Abbey

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

- Edward Abbey

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

- Edward Abbey

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